$5.4 Million To Research Turning Buildings Into Carbon Storage Structures

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2022 11:50:19 +0000

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has been selected to receive over $5.4 million from the U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) for the development of technologies that can transform buildings into carbon storage structures. The funding is part of ARPA-E’s Harnessing Emissions into Structures Taking Inputs from the Atmosphere (HESTIA) program, which […]

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Tata Steel Eyes Perovskite Solar Cells For Greenest Roof Of Them All

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2022 21:00:37 +0000

Flexible perovskite solar cellTata Steel aims to capture the huge solar roofing market with perovskite solar cells on metal cladding.

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AutoGrid Recruits Army Of Heat Pumps For Virtual Power Plants

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2022 18:05:38 +0000

heat pumps, hot water heaters, virtual power plants Heat pumps, hot water heaters, and virtual power plants will do some serious generation-shifting on their own, with or without the Clean Power Plan (spoiler alert: without).

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Critical Facilities Pioneer New Model for Boosting Energy Resilience in Puerto Rico

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2022 14:37:11 +0000

The Community Energy Resilience Initiative (CERI), a collaboration between Fundación Comunitaria de Puerto Rico, RMI, and the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP), with support from Enel North America, presents a new model for scaling equitable access to resilient, renewable energy. Arecibo, Puerto Rico — June 9, 2022. Today, the Puerto Rico Community […]

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Effects of Weather Projections On Energy Consumption in Buildings

Credit to Author: U.S. Energy Information Administration| Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2022 22:10:29 +0000

Nearly half of the energy consumed in U.S. buildings in 2021 was used for heating and cooling, according to modeled estimates in our Annual Energy Outlook 2022 (AEO2022) Reference case. An Issues in Focus analysis on alternative weather assumptions highlights how different long-term weather projections affect space heating and space cooling demand in the U.S. residential and commercial sectors. In […]

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Melbourne Office Building Clad Entirely In Skala Solar Power Panels

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2022 18:35:51 +0000

Skala solar panelsSolar power is coming to a new office building in Melbourne, Australia, thanks to architect Peter Kennon. The building will be clad entirely in Skala thin film solar panels from Germany’s Avancis. The 8-story building will cost $40 million and will be covered in 1,182 solar panels the same thickness as a regular glass facade, […]

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